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Sundance Summit - A Mayors' Gathering on Climate Protection

 
 
 
 
 

2007 Sundance Summit


Sunday, September 9, 2007
3:15 pm Nature Hike with Local Naturalist

5:30 pm Welcome Reception & Registration

6:30 pm Dinner

Opening Ceremonial Performance
Michael Spears, Intertribal COUP

Welcome and Inspiration
Mayor Introductions

Robert Redford

Youth Speaks Performer
George Watsky

Keynote Speaker
Governor Charlie Crist, Florida


Monday, September 10, 2007
8:00 am Breakfast Served

8:30 am Opening & Welcome
Robert Redford
Michelle Wyman, Executive Director, ICLEI USA

8:45 am Youth Speaks on Climate Change
James Kass, Executive Director, Youth Speaks
Kesed Ragin, Youth Speaks Performer

9:15 am Climate Science: The Basics & the Latest
Dr. Rosina Bierbaum, Dean and Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy, School of Natural Resources & Environment, University of Michigan

10:00 am Break

10:30 am Framework for Federal Climate Policy
Tom Peterson, Executive Director, The Center for Climate Strategies
Philip E. Clapp, President, National Environmental Trust (NET)
William Becker, Executive Director, Presidential Climate Action Project

11:30 am Nation Under Siege
Ed Mazria, Executive Director, Architecture 2030

Youth Speaks Performer
Kirya Traber,

12:15 pm Lunch & Youth Speaks Performer
Kirya Traber,

Lunch Keynote: Best in Class Local Climate Action
Mayor Martin Chavez, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Participating Mayors invited to highlight local best practices
(2-3 minutes)

1:45 pm A Story of Unlikely Leadership: Coal Plants
Mayor Robert Cluck, Arlington, Texas
David G. Hawkins, Climate Center Director,
Natural Resources Defense Council


2:45 pm Break

3:15 pm Climate Innovation Invitational Winner
  David Konkle, Ann Arbor, MI

3:30 pm Transportation: Harmonizing Growth & Mobility
  Ann P. Canby, President, Surface Transportation Policy Partnership

4:15 pm Local Legislative Innovation
Gary Cook, Director, ICLEI USA
Kim Lundgren, Northeast Regional Director, ICLEI USA
Suzy Ageton, Deputy Mayor, Boulder, CO

5:15 pm Break

6:00 pm Cocktail Reception
Hosted by Sundance Channel

7:00 pm Dinner

8:00 pm Special Film Premiere
“Fighting Goliath”


Tuesday, September 11, 2007
7:30 am Woman & Climate Change - Breakfast Roundtable Discussion
Hosted by Earth Day Network (Optional)

8:00 am Breakfast Served

8:30 am Communicating Climate Change
  Susan Joy Hassol, Climate Change Communicator,
Analyst & Author

9:15 am Innovation in Local Climate Action
Ira Magaziner, Chairman, Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI)

9:45 am Break & Youth Speak Performers
Aimee Le & Kate Rogow

10:15 am ICLEI Tools Session
Michelle Wyman, Executive Director, ICLEI USA
Garrett Fitzgerald, Director of Programs, ICLEI USA

11:00 am Green Buildings
Rick Fedrizzi, President, U.S. Green Building Council
Bob Fox, Principal, Cook + Fox
LaDonna Monsees, CEO, Newland Communities
Alfred Sena, Executive Director of Facilities Department,
Rio Rancho Public Schools


12:00 pm Lunch Keynote
Phil Angelides, Chairman, Apollo Alliance

1:30 pm The Economic Opportunities of Climate Action
Van Jones, Executive Director, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Nancy McFadden, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs,
PG&E Corporation

Dave Hamilton, Director of Global Warming and Energy,
Sierra Club*


2:30 pm Regional Collaboration on Climate Action
Ron Sims, King County Executive, Seattle, Washington
Harvey Ruvin, County Clerk, Miami-Dade County

3:15 pm Break

3:30 pm Spiritual Values and Climate Change
Jim Jewell, Campaign Director, Evangelical Climate Initiative COO, Evangelical Environmental Network

4:00 pm Action & Commitments
Mayor Rocky Anderson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Michelle Wyman, Executive Director, ICLEI USA
Julie Mack, Executive Director, Sundance Preserve

7:00 pm Closing Dinner and Awards
Sundance Summit Leadership Award
Special Performance by Leslie Satcher, Singer & Songwriter


*Confirmation Pending
     
     
“You can make momentous change. This is an invitation for you to help our country build a more energy-efficient economy, and to protect our cities and citizens from the further impacts of global warming.”

Rocky Anderson
Mayor, Salt Lake City, UT